The department may increase the number of acres that may be irrigated on the tracts of land specified in a water permit to allow for more efficient operation of an irrigation system. A request for an increase in the number of acres must be evaluated in accordance with subdivisions a through c of subsection 1 of North Dakota Century Code section 61-04-06. Any increase in acreage cannot exceed ten acres or ten percent of the originally approved acreage, whichever is greater.

History: Effective April 1, 1989; amended effective August 1, 1994; July 1, 2014; January 1, 2023.

General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13

Law Implemented: NDCC 61-04-06.2

APPENDIX A

ARTICLE 89-03

Proposed point of diversion

SE1/4 SE1/4 of Section 8, Township 150 North, Range 83 West. All landowners within a one-mile (1.6 kilometer) radius of the exterior boundaries of the 40-acre (16-hectare) tract must be notified.

Proposed point of diversion

SE1/4 of Section 8, Township 150 North, Range 83 West. All landowners within a one-mile (1.6 kilometer) radius of the exterior boundaries of the 160-acre (65-hectare) tract must be notified.